Cloud~ee is a blue-cream tortoiseshell British shorthair. She was born approximately mid-June, 1998, but came to me at midnight on August 8, 1998. My son, James, found her, on his walk home from work, outside Our Lady of Perpetual Help church in Everett. She started following him and he had to pick her up when he reached the next corner, as she was going to step right into the street.

I immediately fell in love with the tiny little thing. I named her Cloud~ee because she looks like a cloudy Seattle sky. She has been my faithful companion ever since. She follows me everywhere, plays fetch with soda bottle caps and anything else you toss, and sits in our window watching the birds and bunnies outdoors. These are her "baby" pictures.